The women's big air competition in snowboarding at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February (qualification) and 9 February (final), at the Livigno Snow Park in Valtellina. Kokomo Murase of Japan won the event. This was her first Olympic gold. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand won silver, replicating her 2022 performance. Yu Seung-eun of South Korea won bronze, her first Olympic medal.
Background All three 2022 medalists, Anna Gasser (the 2018 and 2022 champion), Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, and Kokomo Murase, qualified for the event. Miyabi Onitsuka was leading the 2025–26 FIS Snowboard World Cup standings in women's big air. The 2025 World champion was Kokomo Murase.
Gasser had a chance of becoming the first woman triple Olympic champion in snowboard. She qualified for the final but ended up in the eighth position.
Qualification
Results Qualification
Q — Qualified for the Final
The top 12 athletes in the qualifiers advance to the Final. Rank Bib Order Name Country Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Notes 1 2 2 90.00 82.25 82.25 172.25 Q 2 1 3 86.25 82.50 85.00 171.25 Q 3 7 9 29.75 89.00 78.00 167.00 Q 4 19 17 80.75 77.75 88.75 166.50 Q 5 5 5 25.00 77.50 88.25 165.75 Q 6 13 19 19.25 82.25 82.75 165.00 Q 7 12 13 72.25 79.50 84.50 164.00 Q 8 4 6 79.00 13.50 81.50 160.50 Q 9 3 10 81.75 74.75 84.75 159.50 Q 10 8 7 79.50 18.25 77.75 157.25 Q 11 22 21 79.75 71.00 74.75 154.50 Q 12 9 1 78.50 55.00 75.00 153.50 Q 13 6 4 67.75 85.00 18.50 152.75 14 11 18 15.75 72.50 77.75 150.25 15 16 16 85.25 61.75 64.25 149.50 16 14 15 76.50 17.50 71.50 148.00 17 29 25 16.50 80.50 63.75 144.25 18 24 22 75.75 63.75 79.50 143.25 19 17 20 76.25 13.00 66.50 142.75 20 10 8 83.75 19.25 58.00 141.75 21 15 11 70.25 66.75 137.00 22 27 23 60.25 52.75 74.75 135.00 23 23 24 77.00 55.25 17.00 132.25 24 26 28 59.00 22.25 72.25 131.25 25 25 26 78.25 38.75 117.00 26 30 29 59.25 50.75 110.00 27 21 27 24.75 73.50 24.50 98.25 28 18 14 31.75 82.00 11.50 93.50 29 20 12 20.00 57.25 77.25
Final RankBibOrderNameCountryRun 1Run 2Run 3Total 1 11 89.75 72.00 89.25 179.00 2 12 27.75 88.75 83.50 172.25 19 9 87.75 83.25 DNI 171.00 4 7 10 80.75 78.75 DNI 159.50 5 22 2 74.25 14.25 70.25 144.50 6 4 5 54.75 81.50 DNI 136.50 7 9 1 70.00 61.00 DNI 131.00 8 3 4 25.00 45.00 76.26 121.25 9 5 8 18.50 85.00 30.00 115.00 10 13 7 72.50 35.00 DNI 107.50 11 12 6 82.75 20.50 DNI 103.25 12 8 3 65.50 18.75 23.50 89.00
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